Wyatt Bonikowski, PhD

Research Interests

• Twentieth-century British literature
• Modernism
• Gothic and horror fiction
• Literary theory
• Psychoanalysis
• Trauma studies
• Fiction writing

Publications

Books

Shell Shock and the Modernist Imagination: The Death Drive in Post-World War I British Fiction. Ashgate, 2013; Routledge, 2016.

Essays in Peer-Reviewed Journals

“ ‘The Juniper Tree’ as Primal Scene: English-Language Literary Adaptations Since 1985.” Marvels & Tales 33.2 (2019): 235-258.

“ 'Only One Antagonist': The Demon Lover and the Feminine Experience in the Work of Shirley Jackson.” Gothic Studies 15.2 (2013): 66-88.

“The Return of the Soldier Brings Death Home.” Modern Fiction Studies 51 (2005): 513-535.

“Writing the Face of the Other: Image, Text, and Ethics in Lacan, Levinas, and Rilke.” (a): a journal of culture and the unconscious 4.2 (2004): 41-57.

Essays in Edited Collections

“Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Secret of the Mother’s Desire in Shirley Jackson’s The Bird’s Nest.” Shirley Jackson: A Companion, edited by Kristopher Woofter. Peter Lang, 2021. 145-157.

“Shell Shock as a Narrative Paradigm in Great War Psychiatry and Fiction.” Options for Teaching Representations of World War One. Eds. Debra Rae Cohen and Douglas Higbee. New York: Modern Language Association, 2017.

Selected Fiction

• “Summer of the Missing.” Lake Effect (forthcoming)
• “Broken Record.” HAD (havehashad.com). January 25, 2023.
• “Seas of the Moon.” Lake Effect 24 (Spring 2020). 100-113.
• “Nightmare Bird.” Coffin Bell 2.2 (2019).
• “Black Plastic” and “House Sparrow.” Wigleaf. March 9, 2019.
• “Strawberry Festival.” Occulum. Issue 2. Dec 1, 2017.
• “Teenage Boy in Polaroids.” New World Writing. April 2, 2017.
• “Science Project.” Atticus Review. August 15, 2016.
• “After the Storm, the Cement Ship.” Necessary Fiction. May 11, 2016.
• “Dead End.” Yemassee 22.2 (2015): 112-14.
• “The Wood Thrush.” Devil’s Lake. Spring 2015.
• “Wind-Up Toy.” Fairy Tale Review: The Mauve Issue (2015): 23-25.
• “House of Stars,” “The New Kids,” and “Old Voices.” NANO Fiction 8.2 (2015): 12-14.
• “The Old Church” and “Sister Finds a Box.” Wigleaf. November 27, 2012.
• “None of Your Business.” HOBART. October 16, 2012.
• “Little Man.” Fairy Tale Review: The Grey Issue (2012): 31-32.
• “Bible Camp.” SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 32, June 2011.